Lesson 21 – What’s on?

Warm up 

1. What do you do on weekends? 
2. Where do you get the information about what is happening in town? 
3. Imagine that English friends are visiting the town.  Where would you take them? What would you say? Practise suggesting going to different places using different expressions. 

Main Activity

1. You will be in groups of two to four. Here is some information, look at the information and decide what you want to do together.
   Westone’s Weekend What’s On?

   THEATRES and CINEMAS Westone Theatre Saturday and Sunday night, 20.00: Shakespeare’s Hamlet (National Shakespeare Players)St Peter’s Theatre Friday and Saturday night, 19.00: The Best of Classical Music Sunday night, 19.30: Opera Favourites (St Peter’s Music Group)SuperScreen Cinema Films start: 12.00, 15.30, 19.00 Screen 1: Someone to Love Screen 2: It Came from Space Screen 3: Murder in the Dark Screen 4: War Hero Screen 5: Vampire Party	CLUBS Rock and Pop Dance Café Friday night: Road Death (heavy rock) Saturday night Garage Party (house and garage) Sunday night: Techno Trash (trance and techno) Just Jazz Friday night to Sunday night. Benny Bell’s New Orleans Blues Men Saturday and Sunday lunch: Trad Jazz Trio Crazy Friday and Saturday night: Late night disco 22.00-2.00
   NEW EVENTS The Ghost Tour Visit all the places with famous ghosts! Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, starts at 21.00River Trips See the sights of Westone from a boat. Every hour, 10.00-19.00, Saturday and Sunday.	RESTAURANTS (with opening times) Pizza Palace (12.00-24.00) Taste of India (19.00-24.00) China Town (12.00-23.00) Uncle Sam’s All American Burger Bar (12.00-24.00) Little Italy (19.00–24.00) McKay’s Seafood Restaurant (18.00-24.00) Café France (20.00-24.00) Old English Kitchen (8.00-23.00)
   SPECIAL EVENTS Westone Castle Open Day See parts of the castle that are usually closed. Sunday 10.00-18.00.Art History at the Wilson Gallery Hear experts talk about some of our greatest paintings. Sunday 12.00-17.00.	Westone Park Flower Show Saturday and Sunday, 9.00-18.30.Grand Opening The new King Street Shopping Centre opens on Saturday, 10.00The History of Flight Air Show Classic planes from the 1920s-1990s in action! Westone Airfield, Saturday and Sunday, 13.00-16.30.

    

    

2. Look at the information and decide what you want to do together. 
3. Your teacher will go around the class helping with anything you do not understand. Make sure that all the people in the group are included in the decision-making. 
4. Write a few examples of what the groups decided to do. If there were any things that were difficult to agree about. Find out which things were general favourites.
5. Your plans are going to change: you have just got a letter from your parents, grandparents, or another old relative, and the person is going to visit you this weekend. You must think about your plans again and change them so that your family will enjoy their visit. 
6. Are you able to agree on what to do? Tell your teacher about any big problems. Find out which things are general favourites now compared with before. 
7. Finally, what do you think of Westone and would you like to visit? . 

Follow up

1. In groups of two to four, you have to plan the perfect day of your dream; you can do
   anything, go anywhere and meet anyone you want.
2. Plan your perfect day. Think about:
   – What?
   – Where?
   – Who?
   – When?
3. Share and compare your ideas around the class.

Exercises